'Voluminous' definitions:
Definition of 'voluminous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
adjective
Marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous]
adjective
Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, voluminous]
Definition of 'Voluminous'
From: GCIDE
- Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. [1913 Webster]
- But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. [1913 Webster] (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. [1913 Webster] -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'voluminous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ample,
- amplitudinous,
- astronomical,
- awesome,
- big,
- billowing,
- boundless,
- broad,
- bulky,
- capacious,
- cavernous,
- colossal,
- commodious,
- comprehensive,
- copious,
- cosmic,
- deep,
- enormous,
- expansive,
- extended,
- extending,
- extensive,
- far-reaching,
- galactic,
- Gargantuan,
- generous,
- gigantic,
- great,
- huge,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- infinite,
- king-size,
- large,
- legion,
- loose,
- mammoth,
- massive,
- massy,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- multifarious,
- multitudinal,
- multitudinous,
- numerous,
- outsize,
- overgrown,
- oversized,
- populous,
- prodigious,
- roomy,
- several,
- sizable,
- spacious,
- spreading,
- stupendous,
- substantial,
- sundry,
- titanic,
- tremendous,
- various,
- vast,
- weighty,
- wide,
- widespread